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Newspaper
Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1880
Page
4
A Boston paper urges subscribers to check dates and pay up with promises of free months. It lists authorized agents in New Hampshire and Maine. It notes Ireland famine relief funds reaching near 200000 dollars and hints at US political maneuvering around Grant Blaine Parnell and Pinchback. The Herald fund is growing toward 3000000 dollars.
The article notes a defeated figure on his way home protesting that a crafty secretary has no special claim on Louisiana’s Republican delegation. It also reports 200 Philadelphia families moving to Cottonwood Minnesota, with the Courier-Journal mocking Republican-sourced portrayals of persecution and suggesting Black migrants might follow to Cottonwood County.
A Washington Chronicle essay questions the display of Mrs Astor’s diamonds valued at up to 2.8 million dollars amid White House receptions and a life shadowed by guards. It argues wealth must serve human need, not spectacle, noting detectives and police presence and considering diamonds as idle value rather than profitable investment. It contrasts lavish display with poverty in Ireland and the U.S. and wonders if guardianship justifies the cost.
The United States runs the only regular steamship line to Brazil led by Mr John Roach. A $94,000 yearly Brazilian subsidy is threatened by a Maranhao port demand. The piece argues tariffs hinder subsidies and urges boosting U S trade with Brazil to grow normal steamship service without government aid.
The article discusses Congressman Kelley of Pennsylvania proposing fifty year low rate bonds to refund near term high rate bonds. He cites figures from Secretary Sherman showing debt could be liquidated in forty or thirty six to forty six years via sinking fund investments and one percent annual purchases. The New York Times is criticized for arguing debt transfer across generations via taxation is unjust. The piece questions whether delaying payment benefits current taxpayers.
The passage argues repudiation is dishonest and dishonorable, urging the current generation to pay its own debts rather than overburden future generations or rely on usurers. It favors bearing debts now to avoid shifting burdens to others.
A collage of witty claims and anecdotes from various newspapers. Jests on charity, politics, stage life, and social manners span remarks about scholars, clergymen, actresses, and editors. It notes oddities from different cities, including jokes about pigs, clocks, lawsuits, and leap year suitors.
A San Francisco Post anecdote portrays Charles Dickens at his Washington visit as a flamboyant snob. He dismisses Admiral Farragut and others, brushes off weather complaints, and exits with a brisk walk. The tale reappears days later as Dickens and a writer are spotted near Long Bridge in his renowned velvet attire.
Pierre Valcour of Lockport New York unveils a portable underwater telegraph shell that reels out a single insulated wire to sea. The device uses a 30 foot metal float with 3500 miles of wire and automatic sinkers to lay cable at 200 mile intervals. Valcour claims low cost and rapid expansion for mid ocean messaging and news distribution.
Washington sketch reports a congressional scandal with senators and representatives forming a joint stock conspiracy to indulge in vice at a residence on H Street. Detected by treasury officials, the affair centers on female companions and liaisons, with several lawmakers implicated and some women reassigned to other government posts.
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